Hypocrisy on the "separation of church and state" issue

From Malaya:

No sex education without approval of Catholic Church: Hidalgo

THE Department of Education has put on hold the distribution of "sex education" teaching modules in public secondary schools pending approval of the Catholic Church.

DepEd acting Secretary Fe Hidalgo said they will also consult parents on the contents of the modules which contain information on various forms of birth control including condom use.

DepEd has already distributed 40 of the modules to public high schools in Pateros and Parañaque, which were chosen as the pilot schools for the program

Uhhh... excuse me, but why does the DepEd need the Catholic Church's permission on sex education? Hindi ba yung mga apologist ni arroyo recently made an issue out of "separation of church and state"? So why is the Dep Ed secretary saying na kailangan pa nila ng "approval" sa Catholic Church?

I may disagree with the church on family planning etc, pero I don't blame the Church, or any group, for pushing their agendas. The priest and bishops, just like most citizens, can complain about the way the gov't is being run.

The gov't OTOH has no obligation to seek the Church's permission on any issues, or vice versa (unless we're already under a theocracy, LOL.)

But if the ARroyo admin is willing to give the Church veto powers on some issues just to buy their support, then I don't wanna hear anymore bullshit about "separation of church and state" from their apologists in the blogosphere kapag hindi pabor sa administration ang position ng Simbahan.

It's clear that this administration likes to invoke "separation of church and state" when it is politically convenient for them.

MORE: This guy makes John Kerry look like a straight-talker.

Here's an example. first Bong said:

I do not take it against the bishop that he filed the impeachment case. But I do find unsettling the timing and the circumstances around the Bishop’s act.

There are those with more overactive imaginations who float the possibility that all these seemingly separate actions are actually all part of a grand plan or conspiracy, but I really doubt it. My personal gut feel is that Bishop Yniquez did it on his own.

Good. But later on, he also made this statement.

The other thing that I found unnerving is the timing of the Bishop’s filing of the impeachment complaint. If he was part of the first citizens’ groups that filed the impeachment, it will still catch my interest, but I would not give it special attention. To my mind, the fact that he filed it as part of the carefully orchestrated serial filing automatically begs the assumption that the good bishop is dancing to another tune.

So which is it? Not part of a grand conspiracy? Or part of a carefully orchestrated impeachment plan against your president Arroyo?